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Artur Brauner

{{Short description|German film producer (1918–2019)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Artur Brauner

|image=MJK 08031 Arthur Brauner (Berlinale 2018).jpg

|caption=Brauner attending the Berlinale 2018

|birthname=Abraham Brauner

|birth_date={{birth date|1918|8|1|df=yes}}{{cite web |title=Film producer and Holocaust survivor Artur Brauner dies |date=7 July 2019 |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190707/news/307079937 |publisher=Daily Herald |access-date=9 July 2019}}

|birth_place=Łódź, State Poland

|death_date={{death date and age|2019|7|7|1918|8|1|df=yes}}

|death_place=Berlin, Germany

|occupation=Film producer

|years_active = 1946–2019

}}

Artur "Atze" Brauner (born Abraham Brauner; 1 August 1918 – 7 July 2019) was a German film producer and entrepreneur of Polish origin. He produced more than 300 films from 1946.

Life and career

He was born the oldest son of a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland. His father was a timber wholesaler. Brauner attended a general education liceum in Łódź, where he took the matura final exam, and then studied at a local polytechnic technical school until the German attack on Poland in September 1939. With his parents and four siblings, he fled to the Soviet Union and survived the Holocaust.{{Cite news|url=https://nyti.ms/2S535zB|title=Artur Brauner, Producer of Films on Holocaust, Dies at 100|date=2019-07-12|website=New York Times|page=A 21|access-date=2019-07-12}} Following the war, he and his brother, Wolf Brauner emigrated to Berlin;{{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 | page = 60}} his parents and three of his siblings emigrated to Israel. Twelve of his relatives were killed at Babi Yar,Boston, William: [https://archive.today/20120914160341/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,491731,00.html "Burying the Past"] Time (1 October 2003). Retrieved 29 February 2012 among forty-nine who died at the hands of the Nazis.Hans Schmid, [http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/28/28540/1.html "Old Atze und der Schatz im Silbersee"] Heise Online. (23 August 2008) Retrieved 1 March 2012 {{in lang|de}}

Brauner married Theresa Albert, called Maria, in 1947. They had four children.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/person/artur-brauner_ae7cc5963f1744cfaa97f7ef10e8345c|title=Filmportal: Artur Brauner (German)|access-date=1 July 2016}}

As a young man, he saw Fritz Lang's film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, which affected him greatly, making him interested in film. In September 1946, he founded the Central Cinema Company or CCC Films in the American sector of Berlin. He produced Sag' die Wahrheit, one of the first films produced in Germany after the war, followed by Morituri, which was a commercial failure and threw him into debt. Brauner realised that to produce critically successful films he had to make up their losses by producing critically derided films that were appreciated by the public. He lured back many Germans who had experience in Hollywood such as Robert Siodmak and later Fritz Lang who started a revival of Dr. Mabuse.Kalat, David: German Trash Cinema: The Story of Artur Brauner in: The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse: A Study of the Twelve Films and Five Novels. McFarland (2005), pp. 131–142

In 2009, Yad Vashem received a donation of 21 of Brauner's productions having to do with the Holocaust, including Die Weiße Rose, The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (Der 20. Juli) and Man and Beast (Mensch und Bestie). In 2010, Yad Vashem opened a media center in Brauner's name.[http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=217805 "German film producer to receive Yad Vashem honour"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110152315/http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=217805 |date=January 10, 2014 }} Deutsche Presse-Agentur (2010). Retrieved 1 March 2012 Brauner called it the "crowning achievement of my film career".{{cite web |title=German film producer, Holocaust survivor Artur Brauner, dies at age 100 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-film-producer-holocaust-survivor-artur-brauner-dies-at-age-100/a-49506193-0 |website=DW.com |access-date=12 July 2019}}

Brauner was a prominent member of the Jewish community of Berlin and a recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/magazine57.pdf|title=Visual Center Receives Artur Brauner Film Collection|last1=Benhabib|first1=Liat|last2=Ash|first2=Mimi|date=April 2010|website=www.yadvashem.org|page=20|access-date=2019-07-12}} At the 2003 Berlinale, he was awarded the Berlinale Kamera honouring his lifetime achievement. His many other awards included two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his co-production of the film The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Vittorio De Sica. Brauner lived and worked in Berlin. He turned 100 in August 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kino/zum-100-geburtstag-von-filmproduzent-artur-brauner-15716850.html|title=Zum 100. Geburtstag von Filmproduzent Artur Brauner|newspaper=Faz.net|access-date= 1 August 2018|last1=Rebhandl|first1=Bert}}

Brauner died on 7 July 2019 in Berlin.{{cite news |url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/artur-brauner-100-film-legende-verstorben-63143546.bild.html |title=Artur Brauner wurde 100 Jahre alt: Film-Legende verstorben |language=de |work=Bild |date=7 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019}}

File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F034157-0024, Bonn, Bundeskanzler Brandt empfängt Schauspieler.jpg (1971).]]

Selected filmography

Brauner produced over 250 movies. Here a list of selected films produced by him:{{cite web |title=Artur Brauner: 100 years old with 250 film productions under his belt |url=https://www.dw.com/en/artur-brauner-100-years-old-with-250-film-productions-under-his-belt/a-44904566-0 |website=DW.com |access-date=12 July 2019}}

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ccc;"| Year

! style="background:#ccc;"| Title

! style="background:#ccc;"| Director

! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes

1946

|Tell the Truth

|Helmut Weiss

|

1947

|King of Hearts

|Helmut Weiss

|

1948

|Morituri

|Eugen York

|

1949

|Don't Play with Love

|Hans Deppe

|

1949

|Girls Behind Bars

|Alfred Braun

|

1950

|Five Suspects

|Kurt Hoffmann

|

1950

|The Orplid Mystery

|Helmut Käutner

|

1952

|All Clues Lead to Berlin

|František Čáp

|

1953

|The Empress of China

|Steve Sekely

|

1955

|The Star of Rio

|Kurt Neumann

|

1955

|The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

|Falk Harnack

|German Federal Film Award

1955

|Die Ratten

|Robert Siodmak

|Golden Bear

1955

|The Captain and His Hero

|Max Nosseck

|

1956

|Before Sundown

|Gottfried Reinhardt

|Golden Bear (Audience award)

1957

|The Last Ones Shall Be First

|Rolf Hansen

|

1957

|Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht

|Hans Quest

|

1957

| Just Once a Great Lady

|Erik Ode

|

1958

| Confess, Doctor Corda

|Josef von Báky

|

1958

|It Happened in Broad Daylight

|Ladislao Vajda

|

1958

|Münchhausen in Afrika

|Werner Jacobs

|

1958

|Mädchen in Uniform

|Géza von Radványi

|

1958

|Der Stern von Santa Clara

|Werner Jacobs

|

1959

|Here I Am, Here I Stay

|Werner Jacobs

|

1959

|Der Tiger von Eschnapur

|Fritz Lang

|

1959

|Das indische Grabmal

|Fritz Lang

|

1959

|And That on Monday Morning

|Luigi Comencini

|

1959

|Menschen im Hotel

|Gottfried Reinhardt

|

1959

|The Black Chapel

|Ralph Habib

|

1959

|Abschied von den Wolken

|Gottfried Reinhardt

|

1959

|The Day the Rains Came

|Gerd Oswald

|

1959

|Old Heidelberg

|Ernst Marischka

|

1960

| Sweetheart of the Gods

|Gottfried Reinhardt

|

1960

| Mistress of the World

|William Dieterle

|2 films

1960

|The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

| Fritz Lang

|

1960

| Stefanie in Rio

|Curtis Bernhardt

|

1960

| Grounds for Divorce

| Cyril Frankel

|

1960

|The Good Soldier Schweik

|Axel von Ambesser

|Nominated for a Golden Globe

1960

| {{ill|Sabine und die 100 Männer|de}}

|Wilhelm Thiele

|

1961

| World in My Pocket

| Alvin Rakoff

|

1961

|The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

|Kurt Hoffmann

|

1961

| Via Mala

| Paul May

|

1961

|The Shadows Grow Longer

|Ladislao Vajda

|

1961

|Das Riesenrad

|Géza von Radványi

|

1961

|Robert and Bertram

|Hans Deppe

|

1961

|The Return of Doctor Mabuse

|Harald Reinl

|

1961

|{{ill|It Can't Always Be Caviar|de|Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (Film)}}

|Géza von Radványi

|

1961

|{{ill|This Time It Must Be Caviar|de|Diesmal muß es Kaviar sein}}

|Géza von Radványi

|

1962

|The Brain

|Freddie Francis

|

1962

|The Devil's Agent

|John Paddy Carstairs

|

1962

|Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

|Terence Fisher

|

1962

|Doctor Sibelius

|Rudolf Jugert

|

1963

|Station Six-Sahara

|Seth Holt

|

1963

|Man and Beast

|Edwin Zbonek

|

1963

|Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

|Paul May

|

1964

|Old Shatterhand

|Hugo Fregonese

|

1964

|Der Schut

|Robert Siodmak

|

1964

|Fanny Hill

|Russ Meyer

|

1965

| The Treasure of the Aztecs

|Robert Siodmak

|

1965

|The Pyramid of the Sun God

|Robert Siodmak

|

1966

|Long Legs, Long Fingers

|Alfred Vohrer

|

1966

|Lucky the Inscrutable

|Jesús Franco

|

1966

|{{ill|Witness Out of Hell|de|Zeugin aus der Hölle}}

|Zika Mitrovic

|

1966/67

|Die Nibelungen

|Harald Reinl

|2 films

1967

|The Peking Medallion

|James Hill

|

1968

|Tevye and His Seven Daughters

|Menahem Golan

|

1968/69

|Kampf um Rom

|Robert Siodmak

|2 films

1970

|The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

|Dario Argento

|

1970

|Vampyros Lesbos

|Jesús Franco

|

1970

|She Killed in Ecstasy

|Jesús Franco

|

1970

|The Devil Came from Akasava

|Jesús Franco

|

1970

|X312 - Flight to Hell

|Jesús Franco

|

1970

|The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

|Vittorio De Sica

|Academy Award

1971

|{{ill|The Death Avenger of Soho|de|Der Todesrächer von Soho}}

|Jesús Franco

|

1971

|Jungfrauen Report

|Jesús Franco

|

1971

|Robinson and his Wild Slaves (Sexy Darlings)

|Jesús Franco

|

1971

|Black Beauty

|James Hill

|

1972

|The Dead Are Alive

|Armando Crispino

|

1972

|{{sort|Venganza del Doctor Mabuse|La venganza del Doctor Mabuse}}

|Jesús Franco

|{{cite book|last=Thrower|first=Stephen|authorlink=Stephen Thrower|title=Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco: Volume 1:1959-1974|publisher=Strange Attractor Press|year=2015|isbn=978-1-907222-31-3|page=262}}

1974

|{{ill|The Martyr (1974 film)|de|3=Sie sind frei, Dr. Korczak|lt=The Martyr}}

|Aleksander Ford

|

1977

|Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein

|Thomas Engel

|TV miniseries

1981

|Charlotte

|Frans Weisz

|

1981

|{{ill|After Midnight (1981 film)|de|3=Nach Mitternacht (Film)|lt=After Midnight}}

|Wolf Gremm

|

1982 die spatziergangerin von Sans souci (mit Romy Schneider).

|1982

|The Passerby

|Jacques Rouffio

|

1982

|Die Weiße Rose

|Michael Verhoeven

|

1983

|S.A.S. à San Salvador

|Raoul Coutard

|

1983

|A Love in Germany

|Andrzej Wajda

|

1984

|{{ill|After Your Decrees|de|Blutiger Schnee (1984)}}

|Jerzy Hoffman

|

1985

|Angry Harvest

|Agnieszka Holland

|Nominated Academy Award

1987

|Der Stein des Todes

|Franz Josef Gottlieb

|

1988

|Hanussen

|István Szabó

|Nominated Academy Award

1989

|The Rose Garden

|Fons Rademakers

|

1990

|Europa Europa

|Agnieszka Holland

|Golden Globe

1992

|Warsaw – Year 5703

|{{ill|Janusz Kijowski|pl}}

|

1996

|From Hell to Hell

|Dmitri Astrakhan

|

2003

|Babiy Yar

|Jeff Kanew

|

2006

|The Last Train

|Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová

|

2011

|{{ill|Wunderkinder (2011 film)|de|3=Wunderkinder (Film)|lt=Wunderkinder}}

|{{ill|Marcus O. Rosenmüller|de}}

|

Publications

  • Mich gibt's nur einmal (autobiography). Munich, Berlin: Herbig (1976) {{ISBN|978-3-7766-0775-8}}

Awards

  • 1965: Goldene Leinwand for Old Shatterhand{{cite web |title=Old Shatterhand |url=https://www.goldene-leinwand.de/filme/old-shatterhand/ |publisher=Goldene Leinwand |access-date=9 July 2019}}
  • 1965: Goldene Leinwand for Der Schut{{cite web |title=Der Schut |url=https://www.goldene-leinwand.de/filme/der-schut/ |publisher=Goldene Leinwand |access-date=9 July 2019 |language=de}}
  • 1967: Goldene Leinwand for Die Nibelungen{{cite web |title=Die Nibelungen |url=https://www.goldene-leinwand.de/filme/die-nibelungen/ |publisher=Goldene Leinwand |access-date=9 July 2019 |language=de}}
  • 1970: Golden Bear for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis{{cite book |author1=Robert C. Reimer |author2=Carol J. Reimer |title=The A to Z of German Cinema |date=April 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4617-3186-3 |pages=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSei6TygFxoC&q=Artur+Brauner+Bambi+award&pg=PA63}}
  • 1972: Academy Award for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis {{cite web |title=German film producer, Holocaust survivor Artur Brauner, dies at age 100 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-film-producer-holocaust-survivor-artur-brauner-dies-at-age-100/a-49506193 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=9 July 2019}}
  • 1983: Deutscher Filmpreis: Filmband in Silber for Die Weiße Rose
  • 1990: Deutscher Filmpreis: Filmband in Gold for "long and outstanding work in German cinema" {{cite web |title=Artur Brauner, Holocaust Survivor and German Film Producer, Dies at 100 |date=7 July 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/artur-brauner-dead-holocaust-survivor-german-film-producer-was-100-1222784 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=9 July 2019}}
  • 1992: Golden Globe for Europa Europa{{cite web |title=Artur Brauner: 100 years old with 250 film productions under his belt |url=https://www.dw.com/en/artur-brauner-100-years-old-with-250-film-productions-under-his-belt/a-44904566 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=9 July 2019}}
  • 1993: Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Klasse
  • 2000: Goldene Kamera{{cite web |title=Filmlegende Artur Brauner im Alter von 100 Jahren verstorben |url=https://www.goldenekamera.de/news/article226416297/Filmlegende-Artur-Brauner-im-Alter-von-100-Jahren-verstorben.html |publisher=Golden Kamera |access-date=9 July 2019 |language=de}}

References

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External links

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  • [https://archive.today/20130206121720/http://ccc-film.im-netz.de/content.php?page=company&id=16&PHPSESSID=50f4cac736b4d49685de63f34261085d Biography of Artur Brauner] CCC Film. Retrieved 1 March 2012
  • {{IMDb name|id=0105899}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064413/http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/seriesgermanfilmproducers/arturbrauner/index.html Brauner at germanfilms.de]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607152218/http://www.djfl.de/entertainment/stars/a/artur_brauner.html Biography and portrait] {{in lang|de}}
  • Ulrich Gutmair, [http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=ku&dig=2008%2F07%2F10%2Fa0175&cHash=1893edf6cc Interview with Brauner] die Tageszeitung (10 July 2008). Retrieved 1 March 2012 {{in lang|de}}
  • [http://artur-brauner-archiv.deutsches-filminstitut.de Artur Brauner Archive] at Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt/Main
  • [http://www.europeanfilmgateway.eu/node/33/artur%20brauner/multilingual%3A1 Artur Brauner Archive] at European Film Gateway

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